Ford Nation at the Conservative convention
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Summary
Learn English with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer at the Conservative National Convention in Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia. In this speech, Mr. Scheer speaks about the importance of standing up to the naysayers and critics, and why the next election is one the Tories must win.
Transcript
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You are listening to The Blueprint, Canada's Conservative Podcast.
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Is the Prime Minister actually saying that taxpayers should be on the hook when he breaks the law?
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What is it going to take for the Prime Minister to have any respect for any laws in this country that may curb his out-of-control behaviour?
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All these deficits leading to nothing but burying Canadians in taxes.
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Wow, my friends, what a crowd. I don't think I've ever been to a convention this large ever.
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Thank you to the great people of Nova Scotia and to the organizers, volunteers here tonight.
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It takes me right back to the exciting rallies we held during our recent election here in Ontario.
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And how many of you have worked on our great campaign?
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To all the hard-working Ontario Conservatives who helped us make history on June the 7th,
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from the bottom of my heart, I thank you. I thank you. I thank you.
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And after 15 years of the Liberal government in Ontario,
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15 years of scandals, 15 years of out-of-control spending,
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My friends, big taxes, big deficits, and big government.
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Ontario now has a government that is truly for the people.
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but tonight I also want to speak to those of you outside of our province,
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I have a message to all of you across our great country.
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Those of you who are worried about finding a job or keeping a job.
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Those who are worried about paying the mortgage or rent,
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or paying the bills because taxes are too high,
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Those of you who are worried about your future,
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The next election is one that Conservatives can win.
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We will win in part because of the all-star talent that I see right in front of me tonight.
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Right here in this room, all-star talent that is led by our leader, Andrew Scheer.
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I'll tell you, we're going to hear that more often over the next little while.
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And talent that we find in hard-working volunteers all across the Conservative Party of Canada.
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My friends, the heavy lifting for that very election starts today.
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One of the reasons, and one of the reasons we won in Ontario is because we refuse to be out-hustled.
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With the odds stacked against us, with hard work and unrelenting effort, we pulled off a winning campaign in only five weeks to prepare.
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More importantly, my friends, we won the election because we stayed true to our values and principles, because we refused to back down.
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We didn't listen to the elites or the academics and the pundits.
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We didn't listen to the political insiders, the special interests or the professional activists.
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And I can tell you, my friends, we sure didn't listen to the media.
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We stood up to those who spent the entire campaign trying to get us to apologize for being conservative.
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We stood up to those who told us it couldn't be done and that it shouldn't be done.
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The naysayers and critics, we forged ahead not listening to any of them.
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We were the only ones listening to the people because the people have had enough.
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They have had enough for the high taxes, enough for the waste, scandal and mismanagement,
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enough for the lies and deceit, enough of a government telling them how to live their lives or how to run their businesses.
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My friends, it sure sounds like the federal government we have today.
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Throughout the election, we campaigned on our principles.
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We stayed the course and we didn't back down and we won.
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And yet, even when we won, they still said we couldn't do what we campaigned on.
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They said we couldn't possibly clean up the Hydro One mess.
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They said we couldn't possibly cancel Kathleen Wynne's green energy scam.
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They said we couldn't fight the liberal cap and trade carbon tax.
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But most importantly, when you stand by the people.
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In Ontario, we built a coalition of voters like never before.
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And many others who had never voted before in their lives.
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And most importantly, you will need to stand together.
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They will try to force you to apologize for being a conservative.
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They attack us because the only other option is to talk about their record.
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They start name-calling, mudslinging, the slander.
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But we won't let them detract from their record.
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And make them accountable for their bad, terrible policies that we've seen over the years.
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And we will start with the goal of stopping their punishing carbon tax.
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A tax that does nothing for the environment but hurts families, individuals, and businesses.
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It's nothing more than a government tax grab out of each and every one of your pockets.
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A carbon tax will force small businesses to close their doors, lay off workers, and stop investment.
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It is the most regressive tax in Canadian history.
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We stood up to the Liberals in Ontario and won.
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And together, Ontario will stand with like-minded provinces and with all of you
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to fight Justin Trudeau and his carbon tax with every tool at our disposal.
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We have some great allies out there like Brad Wall and Scott Moe in Saskatchewan.
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And I am confident we will soon be joined by our friend, Jason Kenney in Alberta.
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We will take the fight beyond the courts and to the people.
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I also want to address something that is very serious and where the stakes are very high.
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It's beyond any partisan politics or differences of opinion.
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where hundreds of thousands of jobs are at stake.
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I sincerely, and I mean sincerely, hope the federal government can get a deal on NAFTA.
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And we are doing our part in Ontario to help get the deal done.
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I've been burning up the phone lines talking to U.S. Governors about our vital trade relationship
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and what it means for jobs and prosperity on both sides of the border.
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And just this week, I met with the U.S. Ambassador to Canada expressing the same concern.
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Free and fair trade with the United States has to succeed.
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My friends, our economy, our way of life depends on it, and we will keep taking the message to our U.S. counterparts.
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I want to thank you for having me here tonight, and I wish all of you great success going forward.
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And as you look towards the upcoming campaign, please remember,
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we won in Ontario because we listened to the people and because we stayed true to our principles.
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And you can do it too with a great leader and future Prime Minister, Andrew Scheer.
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It's about time that we had a federal government that will stand with the people.
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A new national conservative government ready to lead our country in 2019.
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The election is yours to win. The future is in your hands.
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Change is coming to Canada. And as I've always said, a new day is dawned in Ontario.
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And a new day will dawn in Canada. A day of hope. A day of prosperity. A day of opportunity.
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The likes of which this country has never seen. Thank you. God bless you. Help is on the way.
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